Pawtucket, Rhode Island and its dog lovers recently celebrated the end to a ridiculous and unnecessary citywide breed ban, which the city had suffered through for a decade. The ban was overturned by a Superior Court judge, who ruled in favor of a 2013

OAKLAND -- So there you are. A dog. A mixed-breed dog, at that. Your mama was a lady of a lab, but your papa's a pit bull, handing down a bad-rap reputation that you just can't lick, like a glob of peanut butter on the tip of your nose.

I bet Steven D. Levitt and Stephen Dubner freaked when they read the Freakonomics blog post, "Breeding Killers?" by James M. McWilliams. I admit it -- I loved Levitt and Dubnar's book, Freakonomics. It's all about dispelling myths and getting to the truth

When people think about BSL - Breed specific Legislation, they automatically think "pitbull." Some of the slightly more knowledgable know that it also affects other breeds such as Rottweilers, Dobermen, Akitas, Chow and wolf-hybrids to name a few but

Pennsylvania Representative John T. Galloway (D-140) has proposed H671; an Act which will amend the current dog law and allow individual local governments to classify ANY breed of dog as dangerous. This amendment will put ALL breeds at risk. Most commonlY

Many states, counties and municipal governments are turning to legislation targeting specific breeds as an answer to dog attacks. While supporters of this type of provision - commonly called breed-specific legislation - argue the only way to be safe from

The Labrador Retriever certainly has a lock on the hearts of American dog lovers.
For the eighteenth straight year, the Lab has topped the American Kennel Club's list of the nation's 10 most popular purebred dog breeds

One of the few canids that can profess primacy when it comes to dog breeds is the wolf itself. And one of the newest breeds, the Tamaskan, offers the ultimate homage to that wild ancestor: It aims to look like a wolf, without benefit of even a drop of